European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition the Storsand stripes vol. 50, no. 71 sunday june 23,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 50c d 8693 Baker mobbed by albanians Tirana Albania apr a hundreds of thousands of albanians mobbed Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii in a Joyful outpouring of gratitude saturday. A with ours work and you re help Albania will be reborn a read one placard written in ungrammatical English and held up by the crowd that lined the motorcade route from the Airport. The crowd reached out to touch the cars and waved . Flags. Many raised their hands in the a sign the Symbol of the new democratic party. Albanians leaned out of their balconies dangled babies out of windows and kept up a wild chanting a Baker Baker a As the line of cars travelled to Tirana a main beg Square which normally holds 200,000 people was jammed to overflowing with albanians some of them residents of this Small capital City and others who arrived from other parts of the country to see Baker. Police pushed Back surging crowds who threatened to topple the platform on which Baker delivered an i come Here today to say to you that Freedom works a Baker said. A at last you Are free to choose your own the crowd erupted in wild chants a Bush Baker praised the people of Albania for throwing off 46 years of stalinist Rule. A i want you to know we understand How hard you have toiled and we Are anguished by the pain you endured a he said. In meetings with president Ramiz Alia Baker said the United states would Send Albania $6 million Worth of food and medical supplies to help this Impo see Baker on Page 10 Secretary of state James a Baker Iii addresses an overflowing crowd of albanians in Skander beg Square on reportedly spied on . Bases Berlin a East Germany a secret police used red army faction terrorists to spy on . Military installations in West Germany a television newsmagazine program reported saturday. A the program Spiegel to quoted former secret police it. Col. Helmut Voigt As saying that the terrorists turned Over plans describing the layout of . Bases. Voigt who is being sought by German authorities is hiding in an unspecified foreign country the newsmagazine Der Spiegel also reported. Voigt said the red army faction carried out the spying for the secret police known As the Stasi in the Early 1980s. The red army faction has staged numerous attacks on German Industrial leaders and . Military targets since the Early 1970s. Its latest attack was the april 1 shooting death of Detlev Rohwedder. He was a German industrialist hired by the government to run the Agency seeking to privatize Eastern Germany a former state run enterprises. Former red army faction members have revealed previously that the Stasi harboured and trained them. However Voigts comments were the first Concrete indication that the Stasi deployed. Red army faction members As operatives in the cold War. Voigt also said the East German communist party and its secret police sought to influence the outcome of the 1980 West German elections he said the East germans wanted to ensure the re election of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Leader of the left leaning social democrats rather than the conservative Christian democrats. Voigt said the Stasi called in top red army faction members during the Campaign and told them to refrain from any terrorist acts before or during the election that would harm Schmidt a chances. Schmidt a party won but lost Power two years later when a party in the coalition government switched allegiances to the Christian democrats of Helmut Kohl who continues today As urges action on Domestic Bills Washington up president Bush took his Campaign on behalf of his Domestic policy to the airwaves saturday appealing again to Congress to pass stalled legislation. In a radio broadcast taped for release saturday Bush criticized Congress Lor its inaction and urged immediate movement on a package of Domestic plans. Bush has been accused of neglecting Domestic problems while pursuing foreign policy. Bush has been thwarted by lawmakers on a comprehensive crime package introduced on Capitol Hill More than two years ago and a sweeping overhaul of the nations transportation system. Bush complained a while there a been some movement Congress still has not passed any of these the Senate several weeks ago approved a five year $123 billion Hill that creates a new National Highway system. It gives states greater flexibility in choosing How to spend their Money but requires them to pay a larger share of Highway costs. Bush supports some parts of the Bill but tykes Issue with a excessive Federal spending at the expense of other programs for education health care and space. House action on the Bill is pending. Last week the Senate also began working on Bush s anti crime Bil. Republicans have sweetened the proposal by adding an estimated $3.2 billion for programs proposed by the democrats. The administration s Bill authorizes the death penalty for 30 Federal offences till but eliminates Federal court review of state criminal convictions and allows the introduction of evidence not obtained with a search warrant. It lacks however gun control measures that Are widely supported on Capitol Hill. Those administration Bills As Well As civil rights package an education Reform Bill a housing initiative and a ban King package have languished in Congress and Bush has remarked on his inability to get legislation through. A you would t believe How much Bills change from the time they leave the White House until the Congress is finished with them a Bush said wistfully to a group of state transportation officials Friday in the Rose Garden. In the rare radio address Bush said a think of this when someone claims that we done to spend enough Money to have a Bee Bush on Page 10
